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Re: If it works good, it looks good...right?
« Reply #250 on: September 07, 2015, 06:49:14 PM »
I really enjoyed the brake upgrade using the GL1000 front.  The stock GL rotors are noticeably thinner than those on the CBs.  With the Jeffrey Stephens Goddfrey rotor upgrade, you'll shed some more weight. 
1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: If it works good, it looks good...right?
« Reply #251 on: September 07, 2015, 06:56:01 PM »
yep, I hear ya...I generally feel like sticking my toe in the spokes would be an upgrade over the sohc4 pivoting caliper
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« Reply #252 on: September 07, 2015, 07:04:43 PM »
What kind of master cylinder are you going to use? 
1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: If it works good, it looks good...right?
« Reply #253 on: September 07, 2015, 07:07:39 PM »
all    my    friends    are lowriders 8) 
DSCN0726 by Sean Barney, on Flickr
almost forgot about shock bushings....pressed some out of a spare swingarm with a couple of sockets and the vice...no hammers involved
DSCN0723 by Sean Barney, on Flickr
DSCN0724 by Sean Barney, on Flickr
DSCN0727 by Sean Barney, on Flickr
just a little light clean up on the back wheel
DSCN0728 by Sean Barney, on Flickr
using Tarrozi rearsets...might have to source shorter linkage rod. I will have to get the bike to where I can sit on it before I know for sure.
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Hopefully it will be much less than 3 years before this thread gets updated again.
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« Reply #254 on: September 07, 2015, 07:09:50 PM »
I like how you tapped the swingarm with pitstand spools.  What type of spools did you use?
1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: If it works good, it looks good...right?
« Reply #255 on: September 07, 2015, 07:21:30 PM »
What kind of master cylinder are you going to use? 
thanks for reminding me of one more part I need to source...actually have several stock GL mc's, and a couple F3 mc's.  My shop mate used to be into cart racing and has several delicious looking Hurst Airheart beauties, but nobody can get him up off his junk.  Probably get something simple, effective, and more modern.  I really hate bleeding brakes.  I am generally happiest when covered head to toe in motor oil, grease, transmission fluid, WD40, polishing compound...but the tiniest drop of brake fluid gives me the creeps.
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« Reply #256 on: September 07, 2015, 07:29:24 PM »
What kind of master cylinder are you going to use? 
thanks for reminding me of one more part I need to source...actually have several stock GL mc's, and a couple F3 mc's.  My shop mate used to be into cart racing and has several delicious looking Hurst Airheart beauties, but nobody can get him up off his junk.  Probably get something simple, effective, and more modern.  I really hate bleeding brakes.  I am generally happiest when covered head to toe in motor oil, grease, transmission fluid, WD40, polishing compound...but the tiniest drop of brake fluid gives me the creeps.

Just keep it off your painted parts!  The GL mc's are not bad and designed to move the increased volume of brake fluid.  Since I am a certified brake junky, I upgraded by CB750 with the GL brakes to a Brembo unit.  Overkill, I know, but it really helps clamp those calipers with less effort.

1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: If it works good, it looks good...right?
« Reply #257 on: September 07, 2015, 07:41:33 PM »
I had a 750 Interceptor as well as a 700 Sabre, I enjoyed both and never had a bit of problem with either one...Larry
good to hear...lots of guys will tell ya the early V4's are a grenade with the pin already pulled...


cough, cough, choke, choke.........................I preferred them over the sohc...Larry

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« Reply #258 on: September 07, 2015, 07:48:54 PM »
yeah, I definately got some more parts shopping to do :-\
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« Reply #259 on: September 07, 2015, 08:04:36 PM »
I had a 750 Interceptor as well as a 700 Sabre, I enjoyed both and never had a bit of problem with either one...Larry
good to hear...lots of guys will tell ya the early V4's are a grenade with the pin already pulled...


cough, cough, choke, choke.........................I preferred them over the sohc...Larry
you ever separate the carbs from the rack/airbox and manage to get them to operate properly again?...Don't get me wrong I love that little bike and it will seriously beat up on some much bigger more modern bully's...but it just has kind of this plasticy weed wacker on steroids feel about it, where an sohc4 feels like some real machinery...my best buddy is a long time Harley Dealer mechanic, rides a Buell XB9R which is wayy faster, the only way I can get him is 'cuz its real hard to keep the front wheel on the ground.  Most of our rides together degrade into quasi-legal street drag road races of epic #$%* talking proportion...so after I got the VF running good he asks to take it for a ride.  I let him.  He goes out for 5 or 10 minutes and comes back with a huge frown on his face.  I ask whats wrong, something wrong with the bike?  "NO, its faster than I thought."
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« Reply #260 on: September 07, 2015, 08:24:41 PM »
Did a lot of work back in the 80s on the V4s but the two I had never required any work once the valves were adjusted and the clutch slave cylinder and clutch push rod seal were repaired on the 700.  Better all around bikes  than the sohc but as you said it lacks the classic style

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« Reply #261 on: September 07, 2015, 08:27:38 PM »
I've only ridden a 2000 era VFR.  Lots of torque but smoother like a in-line 4 than a twin.
1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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« Reply #262 on: September 07, 2015, 08:33:59 PM »
been having clutch slave cylinder woes myself lately...give me somepointers on adjusting valve clearances, I know you gotta use two feeler gauges at once, but I am foggy on understanding the pull up on the camshaft to get rid of the bearing slop/ special Honda tool situation...also have not managed to get anything that could remotely be called a useful tool near the carb sync adjusters without standing on my head, even then it seems impossible...
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« Reply #263 on: September 07, 2015, 08:44:36 PM »
I've only ridden a 2000 era VFR.  Lots of torque but smoother like a in-line 4 than a twin.
yep, sounds similar.  My old 5 hundo actually vibes quite a bit at low to mid rpms and gets smoother all the way to redline at 11 grand...sound goes from the Jetson's car to an angry howl roar that is mostly from the intake as the stock mufflers are very quiet...would love to have a little more exhaust note but no one makes any pipes for these any more, rare and expensive stuff is available on ebay such as Supertrapp, and I dread the nightmare of trying to re-jet this thing...we are talking about 2 downdraft and 2 sidedraft carbs alternating on the rack that doubles as the airbox, with each carb sporting unique, staggered jetting for each cylinder
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« Reply #264 on: September 07, 2015, 08:47:49 PM »
My friend with the 2000 VFR has the same engine whine (gear driven cams) as my RC51.  That's about all you can year until its rev'd, and then PACHOW GROWWWLL.  Stock exhaust.
1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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« Reply #265 on: September 07, 2015, 09:19:58 PM »
been having clutch slave cylinder woes myself lately...give me somepointers on adjusting valve clearances, I know you gotta use two feeler gauges at once, but I am foggy on understanding the pull up on the camshaft to get rid of the bearing slop/ special Honda tool situation...also have not managed to get anything that could remotely be called a useful tool near the carb sync adjusters without standing on my head, even then it seems impossible...

two feeler gauges is all I ever used, for the sync I bought a special tool from Snap On.  If you like I can send you a photo of it....Larry

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« Reply #266 on: September 08, 2015, 01:29:43 PM »
Hey sean.....slingshot is back open and selling master cylinders now too...


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« Reply #267 on: September 08, 2015, 01:51:24 PM »
Thanks for that good news Steve-O.
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« Reply #268 on: September 15, 2015, 06:18:04 PM »
Figured that if I owed Sean an update on his top triple I would post progress here. This is the design he picked out that best complimented the bottom.
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« Reply #269 on: September 15, 2015, 08:04:15 PM »
ohhh damn.....lookin' good....thanks for the update....with pics means its happenin'
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« Reply #270 on: January 31, 2016, 12:57:06 AM »
#$%* these bikes...let's party
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« Reply #271 on: January 31, 2016, 05:18:15 AM »
LOL, am I the only one who gets a kick out everyone else dancing, drinking and partying...while Sean leans forward on the Honda cafe bike he's imagining he's riding...and checks out the handiwork?   :D

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« Reply #272 on: January 31, 2016, 06:48:05 AM »
Looks like fun!  Wedding?
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« Reply #273 on: January 31, 2016, 09:34:06 AM »
yeah...Frankenstein and his bride got married
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« Reply #274 on: February 14, 2016, 07:05:42 AM »
Ok back to bikes...

Carbs...The set of Keihin 7a's I have had since I got this bike have rather high miles on them and I am guessing the needles and needle jets are pretty worn out.  So I rebuilt a set that were off a bike that sat in a shed and rotted away with 3000 miles on it.  They cleaned up well.
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